picapica
[pikaˈpika]
The verdict
“picapica” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Ulex europaeus) Arbusto de la familia de las leguminosas, nativo de Europa, de follaje espinoso y flores amarillas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-picapica · picapica · Spanish
picapica · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picapica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pikaˈpika] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “picapica” en español
Rare enough to double-check
picapica is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pikaˈpika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for picapica in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is picapica, spelled P-I-C-A-P-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Ulex europaeus) Arbusto de la familia de las leguminosas, nativo de Europa, de follaje espinoso y flores amarillas.
- 2En el truco, modalidad de juego cuando hay seis jugadores en donde se juegan tres manos con enfrentamientos de uno contra uno y luego se suma para cada equipo los puntos que obtuvo individualmente cada jugador.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how picapica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
INIA Carillanca ha realizado tres exportaciones de Agonopterix ulicetella, insecto que ataca a la maleza Ulex europaeus (espinillo, pica-pica), al Departamento de Industrias Primarias de Australia.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.